[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 127 (Friday, June 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40692-40693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16605]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on June 12, 2000, a proposed consent decree in the 
United States v. City of New York, et al. Civil Action No. 99 Civ. 2207 
(LAK) was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of New York.
    The proposed consent decree resolves the United States' claims 
against the City of New York and the New York City Department of 
Sanitation (collectively ``defendants'') for violations of Section 608 
of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7671(g) and its implementing 
regulations set forth at 40 CFR Part 82, Subpart F, and a Compliance 
Order issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, by 
disposing of appliance collected from city residents in a manner that 
released substances that deplete the stratospheric ozone layer. Under 
the terms of the proposed consent decree, defendants will pay a civil 
penalty of $1,000,000.00 to the United States, and perform Supplemental 
Environmental Projects worth $3,000,000.00 that will improve the air 
quality of New York City.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments

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relating to the proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed 
to the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, and should refer to United States v. 
City of New York, et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-2-106471.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and at 
the Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 
Broadway, New York, New York, 10007. A copy of the proposed consent 
decree may also be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check payable to the Consent Decree 
Library in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs).

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-16605 Filed 6-29-00; 8:45 am]
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